Sefo Tumwesigye v Vangirista Baganutengyera and Anor (Land Civil Suit No. 53 of 2015)
Sefo Tumwesigye v Vangirista Baganutengyera and Anor (Land Civil Suit No. 53 of 2015) [2021] UGHCLD 61 (31 March 2021)
The court found that the suit land did not form part of the estate of the late Petero Mubonehe, as the first part was a marriage gift to the 1st Defendant and her late husband, and the second part was part of the estate of the late Magdalena Baburata, distributed among her children in 1998. The plaintiff failed to file an inventory of her father's estate, undermining her claim of undistributed property. The sale by the 1st Defendant to the 2nd Defendant was lawful, as she had proprietary rights as a widow under customary law and the Constitution. The sale by Telesphoro Tibategyeza to the 2nd…
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- Customary Land Tenure
- Succession And Administration Of Estates
- Matrilineal Inheritance
- Capacity To Contract
- Sale Of Land
- Proprietary Rights Of Widows